Tekhne @ savedbythezsh @sh.itjust.works

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What do people have against the Mach kernel?

Actually I'm guessing this is a localization failure

1 horizontal/1 vertical + laptop.

Horizontal is directly in front of me, used for whatever I'm currently focusing on - usually IDE or browser.

Vertical is to the side, used for anything auxiliary to my current task - browser, bug report, notes, chat, git gui, etc.

Laptop monitor is for anything I want to monitor, but don't need to look at constantly - logs, news, incoming bug reports, etc.

I also make use of virtual desktops, so I have one for chat/email/general browsing, one for code editing with browser, git gui, IDE, and one for notes/zoom. Laptop screen doesn't shift with virtual desktops so I always keep the monitoring open.

Please, let's get a little better data in here...

UPDATE real_influencers SET inactive_date=2024-03-29 WHERE name = 'Simon Riggs';

One of my biggest annoyances when talking to (especially older) people about my job as a software engineer is when they're like "but how are you still working on it? Don't you just like, make the app and you're done?" They don't realize the amount of work it takes to write everything, because they don't understand the complexity involved in writing software.

Though it's not as bad as "so I have an app idea... It's like Uber but for clothing"

Also, I was just looking this morning at writing something like that Fitbit/influxDB integration for YNAB (You Need a Budget) for visualization in grafana!

I usually don't pay much attention to the "new software" section, but PerPlexed looks pretty cool! It never occurred to me that it would be possible to create an alternative Plex UI from scratch like that

I read the book but I never watched the show - is it worth?

You should reach out to the authors! I have no clue how they create their "new" section

Also, that CLI trick is crazy! Never knew that and I'm a fairly proficient shell user.

Anyone use authentik? Seems useful, most of my homelab services are unsecured ATM (just local only/vpn)

The thought of colocating my homelab is intriguing... But also sounds like way too much effort and money

Also, I like the "alternative to" blogs in https://blog.while-true-do.io/spotlight-alternatives-for-google-dns/?ref=selfh.st - it's an interesting series.

Spotted homepage on there - might switch my dashboard from Homarr to that, give it a try. Anyone used it (or other dashboarding software) before?

Not to disagree with your point about learning git, but you might be interested to know that "all large companies use git" isn't actually exactly true - Facebook/Meta, one of the largest tech companies, uses mercurial: https://graphite.dev/blog/why-facebook-doesnt-use-git

Favorite terminal? iTerm2 on mac, hands-down. Wish they would port it to Linux.

On Linux though, I usually end up using guake, as I like having easy drop-down global access to my terminal.

Also never seen BaseRow before - anyone used that over NocoDb? Comparisons?

Just discovered OliveTin - I was thinking about writing something like this ages ago, but was always too concerned about security. Anyone ever use it or anything else similar?

Nice to see that BitWarden's UI is getting some love... I tried using it a while back but couldn't get past the terrible UX. Been happy with 1password since but maybe I'll try switching again...

Happy to see ActivityPods, never heard of it before but was thinking that would be cool!

I don't think they're necessarily meant to be self-hosted, although they can be. The point is to decentralize and take control over your data. Will happily explain more when I sober up :)